maxim

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maxim 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 格言, 座右铭

[法] 格言, 准则, 原则

英文释义

n. a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

n. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

maxim 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 maxim 在自然语境里怎么用：

A knight on the rim, the saying goes, is dim—and So’s horse, stranded on the flank, was proving the maxim.

—— Tantrums, tears, and meltdowns. The history of chess grandmasters is replete with tragic stories of lives undone by delusion and paranoia

This is due to the immortal maxim: Easy come, easy go.

—— Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)

The first fully automatic machine gun was called the Maxim machine gun, named for engineer and inventor Hiram Maxim in the 1880s.

—— Long Before Machine Guns, Ancient Roman Troops Used This 2,000-Year-Old Rapid-Fire Weapon in Pompeii, New Research Suggests

I have to say I’m very impressed by Niemann’s play, and I think his mentor, Maxim Dlugy, must be doing a great job.” Carlsen was being ironic.

—— Tantrums, tears, and meltdowns. The history of chess grandmasters is replete with tragic stories of lives undone by delusion and paranoia

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